Yes, ladies and gentleman! The server ranking system now has 4 additional ranks.None of these ranks bring any new permissions and only the last new rank is bound to a special privilege, so they're purely cosmetical.

Why do we need them?

It's simple: I want to give the high staff members a chance to keep working their way up.These 4 new ranks are not something that every player is supposed to get sooner or later, these ranks can be compared to level 100 in any generic online MMORPG, where you have to spend multiple years farming XP and loot to get there.(Except it isn't multiple years on the server.)

I may or may not have a "secret" permission node for the 4th level ranks, but i'll think about that later when someone actually gets one of these.

(Guard)-(Officer)-(Sergeant)-> (Themis)(Greek Titan of divine law and order.)(Builder)-(Designer)-(Architect)-> (Atlas)(Greek Titan carrying the sky upon his shoulders.)(Gardener)-(Landscaper)-(Creator)-> (Gaia)(Also a greek titan and personification of the earth.)(Agent)-(Agent+)-> (???)(Link)To avoid further discussions about this:Yes, the three new 4th level ranks are considered "higher" than agent because they are harder to obtain, even though agents still have more permissions. Agent+ and the new secret rank however are still the 2 highest obtainable ranks and it will always stay that way.

ChestShop

- [Fix] Items with metadata (such as fireworks) can be sold now.- [Fix]"Light Blue Wool" can be sold again.- [Fix] Hopper can no longer be placed above shop chests.- [Feature] Trap chests can now be used as shop chests.

Essentials

- [Permission] Every player can now use /recipe to look up a crafting formula.- [Permission] Players in the jail can now still use /list, /rules, /msg and /r. All players with permission to /jail can now unjail themselves.- [Permission] Agents can now use /enchant on gear and books to apply any enchant. - [Fix] The /heal command now removes burning.- [Fix] The auto-homepoint /home bed should now work properly again.- [Fix] The /fly command no longers toggles itself off when an Agent+ switches worlds.- [Feature] Temp-Bans are now limited to 2 weeks.

Root

- [Feature] Root eggs can now hold enchanted items.- [Feature] Agents can now save and load their inventory with /rt inv.- [Feature]Players can now place signs with [Tesseract] on them in the second line to create a storage for almost infinite items!

WorldEdit

- [Update] Now compatible with the current WorldGuard build.- [Fix] The //flip command now works properly again.

CraftBukkit

- [Update] Version CB 1.5.1 R-0.2- [Permission] Players can now use the scoreboard from 1.5.0!

AnimalProtect

- [Removed] AnimalProtect has been temporarily removed from the server. It no longer properly protects animals in WE regions from being killed and is most likely responsible for the bug that makes animal dissapear after a server-crash.

FirstJoinPlus

- [Update] Now compatible with Minecraft 1.5.1

HawkEye

- [Fix] /hawk rollback and /hawk rebuild should now work properly again. Please do not use them for the next 7 days if possible. That way i can make sure that the missing chunk bug is gone.- [Fix] Cleared the Hawkeye Database because it contained corrupted edits from chest-transactions.

LWC

- [Fix] Hoppers can no longer be placed next to or above protected chests. LWC admins and the owner of the LWC protection can still place them.- [Feature] Trap chests aswell as their doublechest counterparts are now protected by LWC.

VanishNoPacket

- [Update] Now compatible with Minecraft 1.5.1

WorldGuard

- [Update] Now compatible with Minecraft 1.5.1

BloodMoon

- [Added] BloodMoon is back!

- Chunk Fix -

The remaining corrupted chunks will be removed by the program Chunkster.

CraftBukkit 1.5.0 R-0.1 Development Build

Nyan, why is the server still on 1.4.7?

Here's why: We have to wait for the Craftbukkit-Team!CraftBukkit is the software our server is based on. They did release an 1.5 update, but that is only a development build. Those can affect the server stability and even damage the map!"But Nyan, i can play on all the servers because they updated already."That's great, then they either don't care about stability and safety or they don't use any important plugins.We have over 20 plugins to make sure players can't steal, grief, spam or to disable things like fire-spread, creeper-explosions and endermen damage. Plugins add protection areas for your house, new commands for players and even our ranks are part of a plugin for Bukkit.A development build does not support all those plugins!

To make sure the map doesn't take damage in any way, we'll wait for a beta-build of Craftbukkit. How long will this take? Propably not longer than 24 hours.

The Redstone Update

Yes guys, it's almost here! The next minecraft update, featuring a ton of new functions for minecarts and redstone!The official release date is Wednesday the 13th of march!(As mentioned in the video above.)

For all the people that are too lazy to watch the video, here is a list of changes mentioned in it:-New block: Quarz Block (white with at least 2 different textures)-New block: Quarz Stairs and Halfslabs-New block: Redstone Block (red and can be used as power source)-New block: Quarz Ore (found in the nether, as common as iron in the main world)-New mechanic: Mine and smelt netherrack to make your own netherbricks-New mechanic: When you log out in Multiplayer, your minecart comes with you-New cart type: TNT Minecarts-New cart type: Hopper Minecarts-New block: Hopper (can pass items into chests or out of chests)-New block: Light-Sensor (sends a redstone signal when it detects daylight)-New block: Gold pressure plates (need at least 5 items on them to send a signal)-New block: Iron pressure plates (need at least 42 items on them to send a signal)-New block: Trapped Chest (sends a redstone signal while open)-New block: Dropper (works like a dispenser but gives arrows etc. out as normal items)-New block: Comparater (for further information, click HERE)-Changed mechanic: It takes more than 1 bonemeal to grow plants like wheat-New mechanic: Name mob spawn eggs to have the mobs display and use their names-New mechanic: Dispenser can now grow plants by dispensing bonemeal-New mechanic: If you hold both your left and right mouse button down while dragging a stack of items, the stack will be split equally into all empty slots you go over with your mouse-New command: /scoreboard (every player will get the permission to use this)

1/4 - Root/Railway Update

Im pretty sure all of you have noticed the railways all over the map by now. Thanks to the recent Root Update, they can now be used!

Each station has a sign that says [Cart] in the second line. Right click this sign and you will be put in a cart, ready to travel! The cart will dissapear after you exit it, so don't worry about random carts all over the rail.

(Agents) can also set these signs up! Don't forget to add a number (8 for default speed) below the [Cart]!

2/4 - Permission and Server Update

=== The Server Difficulty is now set back to normal ====== The chance of animals spawning around you has been quadrupled ===

Permissions have been updated so they fit the current plugin versions and rank conditions!-All players are now able to use both /rt lang and /rt trans.-The chat-spam filters have been enabled for all ranked players except the Agents.-Guards no longer get 3 homes.-Gardener can now use /seen [Name] to check when a player was last online.-Gardener, Landscaper and Creator can now warp directly to LS Jobs.-Gardener, Landscaper, Creator and Agents can now pin jobs with /ls pin [Number] to mark them as important or get the Owner to do them!-Designer andArchitects can now use /rt slurp.-Designercan no longer use /up and got /ascend and /descend instead.-Builder now get 3, Designer get 5 and Architects/Agents get 8 home points!-Agents can now use /hawk rebuild do bring back accidently rolled back player data. Please stick to /hawk undo if it was your last rollback anyway to prevent unneccessary chaos.-Agent+ can now use /rt firework.-The command /unjail has been removed. Stick to /tjail to jail and unjail players.

3/4 - Minecraft 1.5.0 and the Nether reset

As some of you already know, Minecraft 1.5.0 will come out very soon and add a variety of ore blocks wich can only be found in the nether. To have these ores on our server (and to re-stock glowstone and soulsand) the whole Nether-world will be completely reset the day we upgrade to minecraft 1.5.0!

If you have something build there and you want it to be copied, please do the following:1) Empty all chests before we update! (The update will be announced at least 3 days in advance) - Any content of chests can not be copied.2) Make sure your house can be copied! Maze-like structures inside mountains or buildings like modified nether castles are most likely too hard to copy as they rely on the landscape around them.3) Post the exact coordinates (X, Y and Z) of your building in a comment on this post!

4/4 - Promotions

Congratulations to our new (Architect)Tatious and our new (Sergeant)henryaustin99!

Root Update

Fixed the command /rt delete-player <playername> wich can now be used to delete a player file after it caused a server crash while keeping a backup of the inventory. This way players do not lose their stuff incase they run into one of the remaining crash-chunks.

The commands /ban, /jail and /kick can now be used by the (Agents) by logging into the Root Interface! To get the login password for the Agent-Console, please contact NyanPig either on the Server, Facebook or Steam.

If you still haven't downloaded the root-interface, you can get it here.(The interface can be downloaded and used by all players and works like the ingame chat.)

From now on ALL information about the server will be posted here!I will however still leave a small note with a link to the latest news post in the facebook group.

Please keep in mind that the entire website is still in "development". Graphics, the layout and links may change somehow in the future.

Another thing i'd like to mention is that this news blog does have a comment function that can be used with or without registering yourself and that i will read these comments just like i'd read them on facebook. Any unrelated comments, links or spam will be removed without further warnings.